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look at this morning in iraq. we've got a miserable failure in iraq. it's unraveling. afghanistan, more insider killings, because this president doesn't believe in american exceptionalism and keeps telling people we're winning. finally he said something about syria, but now we're going to give them communications equipment, which does very well against attack airplanes and helicopters and artillery and tanks. >> you're being sarcastic here. you want to give more? >> we need to arm them. the iranians have admitted that they're on the ground. russians arms are falling in. iranian planes are flying over iraq as we speak. >> do you think there's a conflict? do you think we need to add to it? >> i think the role of america is to lead, not follow. by the way, we blame it on the video, and it shows the absolute inept tud and ignorance of the realities. >> they were blaming the protests against the american embassy and the deaths, in fact -- >> it's the not videos. it's the radical islamists that are pushing the videos which are then spreading throughout the muslim world. to b
look at this morning in iraq. we've got a miserable failure in iraq. it's unraveling. afghanistan, more insider killings, because this president doesn't believe in american exceptionalism and keeps telling people we're winning. finally he said something about syria, but now we're going to give them communications equipment, which does very well against attack airplanes and helicopters and artillery and tanks. >> you're being sarcastic here. you want to give more? >> we need to arm...
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>> no, but i'm saying that he is responsible for our failure in afghanistan and iraq. we left iraq and it is now disintegrating and in afghanistan, oh overruled his advisers on several occasions. and now, we have this situation we are leaving and the whole premise was to train afghans in order that we could turn over these responsibilities to them. and now how can we train work with these people? so that prololicy has been a failure. >> we will talk more with senator mccain later on in the program. fran, as we mentioned serves as a member of the advisory comment. s committee. as i said, you met with ambassador stephens, he had told another source that he was on the al qaeda hit list and there were security concerns. >> you know we had a long conversation especially about darna and we talked about their increase in numbers and access to weapons. he suggested i go to bengazi. it was august 29th, less than two weeks before he was killed. the other thing worth mentioning, as senator mccain said to you, chris stephens was with the rebells and my take on the situation was th
>> no, but i'm saying that he is responsible for our failure in afghanistan and iraq. we left iraq and it is now disintegrating and in afghanistan, oh overruled his advisers on several occasions. and now, we have this situation we are leaving and the whole premise was to train afghans in order that we could turn over these responsibilities to them. and now how can we train work with these people? so that prololicy has been a failure. >> we will talk more with senator mccain later on...
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>> no, he is responsible for our failure in afghanistan and iraq. we left iraq, and it is now disintegrating and al qaeda is coming back and we did not leave a residual force which we should have. and in afghanistan he overruled the military advisers on several occasions including 30,000 instead of 40,000 for the surge accelerating the withdrawal dates and now we have this situation where the taliban and the enemies know that we are leaving. the whole premise was to train afghans in order to turn over these responsibilities to them and leave. now, how can we train and work with these people if so many of them are killing americans that we cannot train and operate with them. so that policy has been an abject failure. >> we will talk with senator mccain more about political issues ip colluding president obama's 47% statement. joining us now is fran townsend a cnn contributor who is a former cis security council advisory member. as i said, you met with ambassador steven, and he told another source that he was on the al qaeda hit list and there were sec
>> no, he is responsible for our failure in afghanistan and iraq. we left iraq, and it is now disintegrating and al qaeda is coming back and we did not leave a residual force which we should have. and in afghanistan he overruled the military advisers on several occasions including 30,000 instead of 40,000 for the surge accelerating the withdrawal dates and now we have this situation where the taliban and the enemies know that we are leaving. the whole premise was to train afghans in order...
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iraq is now disintegrating, al qaeda is coming back. we didn't leave a residual force in afghanistan, he overruled his military advisers on several occasions, including 30,000 instead of 40,000 for the surge and accelerated withdrawal dates and now we have a situation where taliban and our enemies know we are leaving, and the whole premise, was to train afghans to turn over these responsibilities to them, and leave. now how can we train and work with these people if so many them are killing americans we can't even train and operate with them? by that policy, it has been an abject failure. >> we'll talk more with senator mccain about domestic issues a bit later in the program. first, bob baer and fran townsend. fran, served as a member of the cia external advisory committee, and last month visited libya with her employer, mccannkancan forbes. he said that there were security concerns. >> we had a long conversation, especially with darna, to the east of benghazi, and he was aware of the increased threat. we talked about them increasing in
iraq is now disintegrating, al qaeda is coming back. we didn't leave a residual force in afghanistan, he overruled his military advisers on several occasions, including 30,000 instead of 40,000 for the surge and accelerated withdrawal dates and now we have a situation where taliban and our enemies know we are leaving, and the whole premise, was to train afghans to turn over these responsibilities to them, and leave. now how can we train and work with these people if so many them are killing...
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embassies, in israel, sudan, iraq, iran and among muslims in kashmir. there's a call in iran for nationwide rallies tomorrow. it appears to be a backlash at least in part from a low budget anti-islamic film which was made in the united states, first posted on youtube in july and recently publicized in the middle east. here's what we're also learning tonight. federal officials say the filmmaker's name is nakoul nakoula basseley nakoula. that name is very important and much more and why it matters so much later. but the group loosely affiliated with al qaeda in libya that has been accused of playing a role in tuesday's deadly attack on the american consulate in benghazi has just issued a statement denying responsibility. it's an important thing to say given that they have quickly claimed responsibility for other attacks, including on american interests and on the red cross. libyan prime minister tells cnn at least one person has been arrested in conjunction with the killings of the american ambassador chris steven's and three embassy staff members. we hav
embassies, in israel, sudan, iraq, iran and among muslims in kashmir. there's a call in iran for nationwide rallies tomorrow. it appears to be a backlash at least in part from a low budget anti-islamic film which was made in the united states, first posted on youtube in july and recently publicized in the middle east. here's what we're also learning tonight. federal officials say the filmmaker's name is nakoul nakoula basseley nakoula. that name is very important and much more and why it...
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we are losing in iraq. in the words of general cane, we won the war and are losing the peace. because we didn't leave a residual force. things are going bad in afghanistan. i just came from the region. they believe america is weak and they believe america is withdrawing not to mention this latest crisis between the united states and israel over iran. so mitt romney is talking about weak leadership. i agree with him. >> senator mccain, i appreciate your time tonight. thank you. >> thanks for having me on, anderson. >>> coverage of the breaking news out of cairo, violence erupting near the u.s. embassy. reporting continues throughout the hour. live picture right there. we're monitoring the new unrest and will get a live update from cairo next. this country was built by working people. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs
we are losing in iraq. in the words of general cane, we won the war and are losing the peace. because we didn't leave a residual force. things are going bad in afghanistan. i just came from the region. they believe america is weak and they believe america is withdrawing not to mention this latest crisis between the united states and israel over iran. so mitt romney is talking about weak leadership. i agree with him. >> senator mccain, i appreciate your time tonight. thank you. >>...
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we are losing in iraq. in the words of general cane, we won the war and are losing the peace. things are going bad in afghanistan. i just came from the region. they believe america is weak and they believe america is withdrawing not to mention this latest crisis between the united states and israel over iran. so mitt romney is talking about weak leadership. i agree with him. >> senator mccain, i appreciate your time tonight. thank you. >> thanks for having me on, anderson. >>> coverage of the breaking news out of cairo, violence erupting near the u.s. embassy. reporting continues throughout the hour. we're monitoring the new unrest and will get a live update from cairo next. , but i had already gone through menopause. these symptoms may be nothing... but they could be early warning signs of a gynecologic cancer, such as cervical, ovarian, or uterine cancer. feeling bloated for no reason. that's what i remember. seeing my doctor probably saved my life. warning signs are not the same for everyone. if you think something's wrong... see your doctor. ask about gynecologic cancer. a
we are losing in iraq. in the words of general cane, we won the war and are losing the peace. things are going bad in afghanistan. i just came from the region. they believe america is weak and they believe america is withdrawing not to mention this latest crisis between the united states and israel over iran. so mitt romney is talking about weak leadership. i agree with him. >> senator mccain, i appreciate your time tonight. thank you. >> thanks for having me on, anderson....
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we are losing in iraq after -- in the words of general cane, we won the war and are losing the peace because we didn't leave a residual force. things are going bad in afghanistan. i just came from the region. they believe america is weak, and they believe america is withdrawing, not to mention this latest crisis between the united states and israel over iran, so mitt romney is talking about weak leadership. i agree with him. >> senator mccain, i appreciate your time tonight. thank you. >> thanks for having me on, anderson. >>> coverage of the breaking news out of cairo, the violence now erupting near the u.s. embassy. reporting continues throughout the hour. that's a live picture right there. we're monitoring the new unrest and will get a live update from cairo next. [ male announcer ] break the grip of aches or arthritis pain with odor free aspercreme. powerful medicine relieves pain fast, with no odor. so all you notice is relief. aspercreme. >>> huge news in the case of jason puracal, the american citizen who spent two years in jail in nicaragua on what he said were false charges.
we are losing in iraq after -- in the words of general cane, we won the war and are losing the peace because we didn't leave a residual force. things are going bad in afghanistan. i just came from the region. they believe america is weak, and they believe america is withdrawing, not to mention this latest crisis between the united states and israel over iran, so mitt romney is talking about weak leadership. i agree with him. >> senator mccain, i appreciate your time tonight. thank you....
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, after the iraq war. they've been under the auspices of the united nations, and there's been a lot of pressure in the united states, both from the group and from its supporters in congress, and very high-paid former officials speaking on their behalf, to delist the group. secretary of state hillary clinton has been under a court order, which is coming up in september, october deadlines, to delist the group. there's been a contentious debate here at the state department and throughout the administration because even though the group does pretty much meet the criteria of not being engaged in terrorist activity, a lot of concerns about this group that it has a lot of -- has been described to me as a bizarre cult-like organization, and they're moving from this camp ashraf to another place in iraq over the last several months giving the administration, the united nations, the iraqis a real headache, so they really had to separate the wheat from the chaff, if you will. does the group present a terror threat do
, after the iraq war. they've been under the auspices of the united nations, and there's been a lot of pressure in the united states, both from the group and from its supporters in congress, and very high-paid former officials speaking on their behalf, to delist the group. secretary of state hillary clinton has been under a court order, which is coming up in september, october deadlines, to delist the group. there's been a contentious debate here at the state department and throughout the...
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. >> he had that accident in iraq and was seriously injured. i kept getting e-mails from people saying are you all right? >> he is all right, by the way. >> he has really record and somebody who's taken the experience of iraq and set up this foundation with his wife and helping wounded warriors. >> one day we'll have him on the show but today we have your new book. how did you get access? you are renowned for your notetaking an in-depth interviews and the scope of the people you talk to? >> i had the luxury of 18 months to work on this book and get the notes and the memos, interviewed the president for an hour and a half a couple of months ago for this, stepping through exactly what happened. to a certain extent, it's a legal wiretap into the white house, so you can see exactly what happened. the evolution of this and in a sense, the bottom line is it's hard on obama and the democrats and it's hard on the republicans also. there is a war going on in each party. it's not been resolved. the people who get the short straw are those of us who live
. >> he had that accident in iraq and was seriously injured. i kept getting e-mails from people saying are you all right? >> he is all right, by the way. >> he has really record and somebody who's taken the experience of iraq and set up this foundation with his wife and helping wounded warriors. >> one day we'll have him on the show but today we have your new book. how did you get access? you are renowned for your notetaking an in-depth interviews and the scope of the...
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bush to attack iraq in the wake of 9/11. go in, overthrow a dictator, turn the country over to the people and presto. well, violence continues in iraq and people die there everyday. egypt's now in the hands of the muslim brotherhood. mubarak's gone. they had elections there. and yesterday violent mobs assaulted the u.s. embassy compound. in libya moammar gadhafi's gone. the u.s. ambassador and three other people are dead because some terrorists in that country didn't like a movie critical of islam. syria's become a slaughter house murdering the civilian population at will. iran continues the march toward nuclear weapons. i don't want to even think what might happen if they get them. and al qaeda is busy reconstitutes itself in pakistan and half a dozen other countries. the song writer who wrote the phrase, wishing won't make it so, spot-on. and anybody who thinks the middle east is suddenly going to transform itself into a peaceful civilization where majority rules, they just haven't been reading the history books. here's th
bush to attack iraq in the wake of 9/11. go in, overthrow a dictator, turn the country over to the people and presto. well, violence continues in iraq and people die there everyday. egypt's now in the hands of the muslim brotherhood. mubarak's gone. they had elections there. and yesterday violent mobs assaulted the u.s. embassy compound. in libya moammar gadhafi's gone. the u.s. ambassador and three other people are dead because some terrorists in that country didn't like a movie critical of...
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iraq is unraveling because of our residual force in afghanistan. they all know we're leaving and karzai becomes more and more erratic in his behavior. this latest showdown between the president and the prime minister of israel is all -- much more troubling to me than whether mitt romney said the right thing or the wrong thing. >> senator, i'm sorry, would you advise him -- >> one thing i don't do, because i'm the loser -- >> senator mccain! >> is advise people. you don't want a loser to advise -- >> you are a winner for coming on the show with us this morning. it was very nice to see you. >> could i just say, this conversation needs to continue, not only about this incident but the entire middle east. and could i just say again, i believe the libyan people are grateful to america and i believe that we need to continue to be involved in that very difficult situation. thaven thanks for having me on. >> thank you, senator mccain. i think a lot of people would agree with you. we'll keep that conversation going. we do have to take a quick break. john be
iraq is unraveling because of our residual force in afghanistan. they all know we're leaving and karzai becomes more and more erratic in his behavior. this latest showdown between the president and the prime minister of israel is all -- much more troubling to me than whether mitt romney said the right thing or the wrong thing. >> senator, i'm sorry, would you advise him -- >> one thing i don't do, because i'm the loser -- >> senator mccain! >> is advise people. you don't...
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we've failed in iraq. iranian planes are now overflying iraq with surprise and arms to bashar al assad meanwhile 20,000 syrians have been killed and the president hasn't said a word much less provide them with weapons they could defend themselves with. >> senator mccain, thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me on. >> senator mccain joining us from capol hill. when we come back, mitt romney speaking out at unlv, university of nevada las vegas. we'll dip in and hear what he has to say after this. so how much do we owe you? that'll be $973.42. ya know, your rates and fees aren't exactly competitive. who do you think i am, quicken loans? [ spokesman ] when you refinance your mortgage with quicken loans, you'll find that our rates and fees are extremely competitive. because the last thing you want is to spend too much on your mortgage. one more way quicken loans is engineered to amaze. ♪ >>> we're just getting this picture in of ann romney's plane. take a look. it was forced to make an emergency landing
we've failed in iraq. iranian planes are now overflying iraq with surprise and arms to bashar al assad meanwhile 20,000 syrians have been killed and the president hasn't said a word much less provide them with weapons they could defend themselves with. >> senator mccain, thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me on. >> senator mccain joining us from capol hill. when we come back, mitt romney speaking out at unlv, university of nevada las vegas. we'll dip in and hear what...
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iran is three times the size of iraq with three times the population. we need to be clear that we're understanding all of that, and not do it on auto-pilot, because of certain guarantees we made to the international community. there's a line in international relations theory that says two things are very expensive in international politics. promises when they succeed, and threats when they fail. my fear is that we're putting in place policies and threats without being conscious. >> and it's certainly worthy of a major national debate as you point out before another war begins. thank you. be thorough so watch global lessons, "putting america to work." it will be on at 8:00 p.m. eastern. still ahead, the rich getting richer, where bill gates comes in on the list of the wealthiest americans. all energy development comes with some risk, but proven technologies allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions...
iran is three times the size of iraq with three times the population. we need to be clear that we're understanding all of that, and not do it on auto-pilot, because of certain guarantees we made to the international community. there's a line in international relations theory that says two things are very expensive in international politics. promises when they succeed, and threats when they fail. my fear is that we're putting in place policies and threats without being conscious. >> and...
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the wars in iraq and afghanistan were in full swing and public sentiment was souring. but he kept a full schedule at the u.n. meeting with leaders of japan, india, iraq, afghanistan and pakistan. >> i want to welcome prime minister netanyahu both to the united states. >> reporter: and one year ago in new york president obama kept very busy meeting with israeli prime minister netanyahu, president karzai of afghanistan and prime minister of turkey. those were just some of his eleven meetings with world leaders last september. of course that wasn't an election year. and president obama was flying high on foreign policy successes. osama bin laden had been killed months before. and the demonstrations of the arab spring brought hope that democracy was blossoming in the middle east. so why no official meetings with world leaders? well, wolf, the white house press secretary jay carney says that the president has had extensive consultations with world leaders. and so really sort of pointing to the fact that there is this open dialogue. but obviously when you look at this you kn
the wars in iraq and afghanistan were in full swing and public sentiment was souring. but he kept a full schedule at the u.n. meeting with leaders of japan, india, iraq, afghanistan and pakistan. >> i want to welcome prime minister netanyahu both to the united states. >> reporter: and one year ago in new york president obama kept very busy meeting with israeli prime minister netanyahu, president karzai of afghanistan and prime minister of turkey. those were just some of his eleven...
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>> let me tell you a quick story that will lead up to the iraq war. president bush sat down and said if israel was struck by iran in the 2003 war and it was chemical weapons, what would israel do. he said to president bush, as the keeper of the juish people, and the person responsible for keeps us safe,ly defend israel and do whatever we need to do, we trust you and believe you, but i need to protect my people. america is much more powerful than eaisrael, but they don't kw if they will or won't come to their military aid. i think what netanyahu did was smartly ratchet up the pressure that will certainly become front page news stories all spring and summer next year and we'll see if the obama administration is reelected, what will they do. so the timing of it, he planted that seed. it will dominate everything next spring and summer. >> no one will forget that prop he brought for a long time to come as well. i want to listen to something that vice president biden said today and get your reaction to this. >> i just want to tell you how proud i am to stan
>> let me tell you a quick story that will lead up to the iraq war. president bush sat down and said if israel was struck by iran in the 2003 war and it was chemical weapons, what would israel do. he said to president bush, as the keeper of the juish people, and the person responsible for keeps us safe,ly defend israel and do whatever we need to do, we trust you and believe you, but i need to protect my people. america is much more powerful than eaisrael, but they don't kw if they will or...
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bush and the former prime minister tony blair over the war in iraq. lisa sylvester is monitoring that and other top stories in "the situation room." lisa, what's going on? >> south african archbishop is calling for the international criminal court to take action against george w. bush and tony blair for fabricating evidence to invade iraq. he likens the former u.s. president and prime minister to playground bullies. blare replied in a statement on his website that several independent studies concluded he and bush did not lie. >>> and yemen's government is facing angry protests over an alleged drone strike that killed 13 civilians in the country. al qaeda suspects were the target. and one senior defense official tells cnn that, quote, one of the very few times when it was completely missed. the pentagon is not commenting on reports. and actor russell crowe needed help from the coast guard. they called for help kayaking after nightfall. in a tweet russell crowe says they weren't lost, but ran out of daylight. so good to see. glad he's back on dry land.
bush and the former prime minister tony blair over the war in iraq. lisa sylvester is monitoring that and other top stories in "the situation room." lisa, what's going on? >> south african archbishop is calling for the international criminal court to take action against george w. bush and tony blair for fabricating evidence to invade iraq. he likens the former u.s. president and prime minister to playground bullies. blare replied in a statement on his website that several...
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south africa and should help iraq and the asian countries. so we will be able to build up our future. for our children. >> thank you very much. >> yeah, i know she has moved on, but i haven't. so who won the goldfish beauty pageant? who cares. i don't actually know. there were a bunch of categories. it is not like one fish did the tearful wave with the roses or anything, but as far as we are concerned, they are all winners. >>> what chris stevens said about the threats against him. >>> fast and furious fallout. a dozen officials blamed in a blistering report on the botched gun operation but not the attorney general. >>> and a split second save. take a look. a police officer pushes a woman to safety just before disaster struck. this is must see complete video, folks. make sure you stay tuned. unreal. lucky to be alive this morning. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "early start." >>> it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. great to see you. >> we begin with new details in the kimg of christopher stevens. he had expressed concerns about security month
south africa and should help iraq and the asian countries. so we will be able to build up our future. for our children. >> thank you very much. >> yeah, i know she has moved on, but i haven't. so who won the goldfish beauty pageant? who cares. i don't actually know. there were a bunch of categories. it is not like one fish did the tearful wave with the roses or anything, but as far as we are concerned, they are all winners. >>> what chris stevens said about the threats...
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fairly clear and solid policies, which i support about ending the iraq war which we've done and withdrawing from afghanistan in a safe and fairly measured way. but the rest of what is going on in 20 countries and these protests and the murder of our ambassador in libya have people unsettled. so, they're waiting for better answers, which is why i said just a few minutes ago, we need a steady hand on the tiller. we need a lot of this stuff handled in private. we do need an investigation of the security in libya. i wonder whether that was adequate. >> are we going to get a major foreign policy speech by mitt romney? >> i'm not going to preview any statements -- >> wait for him to make some ground. >> look, i think, i don't get in the business of polls, but what i think you're seeing is people reacting to this sense of unraveling. i mean, there's unraveling going on in the region. you just said uprising in 20 capitals and syrians dead and you have iran getting closer and closer to nuclear weapon and people storming our embassies. you add all this up and take a step back and not shocking that pe
fairly clear and solid policies, which i support about ending the iraq war which we've done and withdrawing from afghanistan in a safe and fairly measured way. but the rest of what is going on in 20 countries and these protests and the murder of our ambassador in libya have people unsettled. so, they're waiting for better answers, which is why i said just a few minutes ago, we need a steady hand on the tiller. we need a lot of this stuff handled in private. we do need an investigation of the...
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my choice is to do what my crew did for me in a dusty field in iraq. on november 12th, 2004, i was co-piloting my blackhawk north of baghdad when we started taking enemy fire. eye rocket-propelled grenade hit our helicopter. exploding in my lap. ripping off one leg. crushing the other. and tearing my right arm apart. but i kept trying to fly till i passed out. and that moment, my survival and the survival of my entire crew, depended on all of us pulling together. and even though they were wounded themselves, and insurgents were nearby, they simply refused to leave a fallen comrade behind. their heroism is why i'm alive today. and ultimately -- [ applause ] ultimately, that is what this election is about. yes, it's about the issues that matter to me, building -- [ applause ] >> usa! usa! >> -- building an economy that will create jobs here at home. and will outcompete countries around the world. but it's also about something else. it's about whether we do for our fellow americans what my crew did for me. whether we'll look out for the hardest hit and th
my choice is to do what my crew did for me in a dusty field in iraq. on november 12th, 2004, i was co-piloting my blackhawk north of baghdad when we started taking enemy fire. eye rocket-propelled grenade hit our helicopter. exploding in my lap. ripping off one leg. crushing the other. and tearing my right arm apart. but i kept trying to fly till i passed out. and that moment, my survival and the survival of my entire crew, depended on all of us pulling together. and even though they were...